Tree removal in Scotts Valley

1. Emergencies. If the condition of a tree pres

it is unlawful for any person to damage, destroy or remove, or cause to be damaged, destroyed or removed, any protected tree defined in subsection B.7, upon any private or public property in the city without first having obtained a permit to do so issued pursuant to this chapter.

Any tree having a main stem or trunk which measures twenty-five inches or greater in circumference (eight 8 inches in diameter, approximately) measured fifty-four inches above natural grade, located in a hillside residential zone where the slope of the area within twenty feet of where the tree is located exceeds twenty percent;

Any tree which existed at the time of any approval granted under any zoning ordinance in effect prior to the adoption of the ordinance codified in this title and which was required to the preserved as part of such approval;

Any tree that was or is required to be planted as a replacement for any unlawfully removed tree;

Any oak tree having a main stem or trunk which measures twenty-five inches or greater in circumference (eight inches diameter, approximately) measure fifty-four inches above natural grade.

Any multi-trunk oak with an individual trunk of over twelve inches in circumference (four inches diameter, approximately) measured fifty-four inches above the natural grade;

Any street tree, as defined in subsection B.9, regardless of size;

Heritage tree, as adopted in a resolution approved by the city council and shown on the map on file in the planning department;

All trees which have a forty-inch or greater circumference of any trunk measured fifty-four inches above the natural grade or, in the case of multi-trunk tress, a total of above the natural grade.